襲

assault; attack; advance on; succeed to; pile; heap

22 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1130.

Readings

• シュウ (on reading): 襲撃 (しゅうげき) (surprise) attack; 空襲 (くうしゅう) air-raid
• おそう (kun reading): 襲う (おそう) to attack; 襲いかかる (おそいかかる) to attack
• かさね (kun reading)

Components

• 龍
• 衣
• 亠 radical lid
• 月 radical moon; flesh
• 立 radical stand
• 衣 radical clothes

Words using 襲

• 襲撃 (しゅうげき) (surprise) attack
• 空襲 (くうしゅう) air-raid
• 世襲 (せしゅう) heredity
• 踏襲 (とうしゅう) following (a precedent, former policy, etc.)
• 襲名 (しゅうめい) succession to another's professional name
• 襲う (おそう) to attack
• 襲いかかる (おそいかかる) to attack
• 襲い攻める (おそいせめる) to array against
• 睡魔に襲われる (すいまにおそわれる) to be extremely sleepy
• 寝込みを襲う (ねこみをおそう) to attack while someone is asleep
• 熊襲 (くまそ) Kumaso (ancient Japanese people who lived in southern Kyushu)
• 下襲 (したがさね) garment worn under the hanpi undergarment or hō robe in court ceremonial dress
• 襲の色目 (かさねのいろめ) combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)
• 桜襲 (さくらがさね) combination of layered colours, esp. for kimono (usu. white and light indigo)
• 紅葉襲 (もみじがさね) layered colors in garments, resembling autumn colors

53 words in all.

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